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IOWA CITY — Far from the $30.3 million, 5-percent increase it asked of lawmakers last year, Iowa’s Board of Regents heading into the upcoming session is requesting a modest $8 million bump — amounting to a 1.3-percent increase.

That pared-down ask comes after lawmakers rejected the board’s hefty request for the current budget year and instead offered a $4 million increase, largely supporting legislative priorities and ignoring university appeals.

For example, lawmakers appropriated $1 million for a new UI Center for Intellectual Freedom — stemming from House File 437 — and another $1 million for the University of Northern Iowa’s new Center for Civic Education.

Instead of giving UI the $10

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